APC wins Etsako Federal Constituency by-election in Edo
Mr Johson Oghuma of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has emerged the winner of the Etsako Federal Constituency by-election in Edo. Oghuma emerged winner with...
Monthly Archive: January 2017
Nigeria seeks fresh China loan for Kaduna, Kano rail
Nigeria’s federal and Kano state governments are in separate negotiations with the China EXIM Bank for multi-billion dollar loans to execute two rail projects. While...
Peaceful Coexistence: NGO Flags Off Campaign in Kaduna
Positive Voices Campaign Project (PVCP) has embarked on a multi-faceted drive to enlighten the public on the need to embrace peaceful coexistence. The campaign commenced with...
Customs donate unclaimed N9.7bn helicopters to NAF to fight Boko Haram
Two civil model Bell Helicopters transported into the country by yet to be identified person/company and seized at the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos, on November...
Female genital mutilation high in Imo — UNICEF
The United Nations Children’s Fund, UNICEF, has raised alar over what it called “the rising cases of Female Genital Mutilation and Cutting, FGMC, in Imo...
Man, 22, jailed 2 years for raping minor in kaduna
A Kaduna State High Court yesterday sentenced one Mahmud Muhammed, 22, to two years imprisonment, for raping a nine-year-old girl. Muhammed was dragged before Justice...
Malnutrition Wiping Out Children in Northern Nigeria, Aid Workers Say
Starvation in northern Nigeria’s Borno State is so bad that a whole slice of the population — children under 5 — appears to have died,...
Troops kill two suspected militants in Bayelsa
Agency Report The Joint Military Task Force in the Niger Delta, Operation Delta Safe, has raided a militants’ camp in Bayelsa, killing two suspected militants...
Senator slams Buhari, says president lied on SGF Lawal’s alleged corruption
Outspoken Kaduna Central Senator, Shehu Sani, has dismissed as “false” President Muhammadu Buhari’s claims on a Senate report indicting the Secretary to the Government of...
Bingham University Teaching Hospital Appoints Prof. Esiegbe New CMD
By Alex Uangbaoje Bingham University Teaching Hospital (BHUTH) owned by the Evangelical Church Winning All (ECWA) has appointed a new Chief Medical Director (CMD) in...